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Mike Wheatley

Mike Wheatley is a senior staff writer at SiliconANGLE. He loves to write about Big Data and the Internet of Things, and explore how these technologies are evolving and helping businesses to become more agile.

Before joining SiliconANGLE, Mike was an editor at Argophilia Travel News, an occassional contributer to The Epoch Times, and has also dabbled in SEO and social media marketing. He usually bases himself in Bangkok, Thailand, though he can often be found roaming through the jungles or chilling on a beach.

Got a news story or tip? Email Mike@SiliconANGLE.com.


Latest from Mike Wheatley

Apache Spark: Hadoop friend or foe?

Apache Spark is the tech du jour in Big Data right now. Its ability to provide speedy performance against huge volumes of data has made such a splash that some people are even beginning to question the future of Hadoop. But does Spark really have …

SAP revamps its main Business Suite to run on in-memory HANA

German software giant SAP has just unveiled the next generation of its flagship Business Suite that’s married to its HANA in-memory database platform. The new business suite, called SAP S/4Hana, is designed to bring HANA’s real-time intelligence capabalities to everywhere in the …

Alibaba delivery drones take-off in 3-day pilot scheme

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has stolen a march on Amazon.com, and is now testing a drone-based delivery service, according to a post on the Taobao website. The extremely limited pilot program that brings Jezz Bezos’ dream to life is being …

DARPA wants behavior-based biometrics to replace passwords

The United States’ military mad-tech unit, better known as DARPA (the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) is building a behavior-based biometric identification system that it believes could one day replace traditional passwords. DARPA apparently thinks that a behavior-based biometric system, which looks …

Building the IIoT: The next industrial revolution

The economic potential of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is simply too massive for enterprises to ignore. Accenture LLP says it could add as much as $14 trillion to the world’s economy by 2030, as long as businesses and governments make …

Windows slump shows Microsoft’s transformation is taking hold

Yesterday brought bad news for Microsoft’s shareholders, but the company’s leadership won’t be unduly concerned that its share price fell by 9 percent on Tuesday afternoon, shortly after announcing its fiscal second-quarter results and accompanying outlook. A first glance suggests Microsoft is …

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